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Lost in Translation: Supporting learners to search comprehensively across databases

open access: yesJournal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2015
: Introduction: Health sciences librarians play the key role of expert searcher for knowledge synthesis research projects. When students and trainees conduct systematic reviews as academic assignments, academic librarians train learners to search ...
Robin MN Parker, Maggie J Neilson
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Searching the medical literature [PDF]

open access: yesInjury Prevention, 2003
Practice makes perfect Searching the medical literature for information can be quite confusing without a basic understanding of how the literature is organized or indexed, and without guidance about how the most popular search systems work. In this commentary, I will use Medline to illustrate some basic principles that are widely applicable, but the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Systematic reviews of animal studies – Report of an international symposium

open access: yesVeterinary Evidence, 2023
Objective: The Symposium on Animal Systematic Reviews held 24 May 2022, sought to bring organisations working on animal literature searching and systematic reviews together into the same virtual space for introductions and discussion.
Erik Fausak   +14 more
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Finding the Evidence

open access: yesVeterinary Evidence, 2016
A slide-cast of Clare Boulton’s presentation from EBVM Skills Day 2015, London.
Clare Boulton
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Knowing How Good Our Searches Are: An Approach Derived from Search Filter Development Methodology

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2015
Objective – Effective literature searching is of paramount importance in supporting evidence based practice, research, and policy. Missed references can have adverse effects on outcomes.
Sarah Lindsay Hayman
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Publishing perspectives from a poacher-turned-gamekeeper

open access: yesInsights: The UKSG Journal, 2015
The open access (OA) agenda has gained traction in the UK, and the academic community is embracing it. Despite this, compliance rates of OA deposition into journals and repositories are below the levels expected and hoped for.
Simon J Hubbard
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An Evidence Based Checklist for the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS EBC)

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2010
No abstract.
Jessie McGowan   +2 more
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Pediatric Residents and Interns in an Italian Hospital Perform Improved Bibliographic Searches when Assisted by a Biomedical Librarian

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2013
A Review of: Gardois, P., Calabrese, R., Colombi, N., Lingua, C., Longo, F., Villanacci, M., Miniero, R., & Piga, A. (2011). Effectiveness of bibliographic searches performed by paediatric residents and interns assisted by librarian.
Mathew Stone
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Information Searching Tactics of Web Searchers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper examines patterns and features of query reformulation within a Web searching session. We pursued this study in response to the growing interest in the area of interactions during information searching.
Zhang, Mimi   +3 more
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Cigarettes and Its Effects on Health

open access: yesScripta Score Scientific Medical Journal, 2020
Background: One of the biggest challenges in the world of health is the problem of smoking. In 2018, there was an increase in smokers at the age of 10-18 years by 9.1% compared to 2013, which was 7.2%.
Ridwan Balatif
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